Interpretation of transmission line results for ICA

It is clear from these data that an ICA trimer film undergoes profound changes in structure and redox kinetics on redox cycling and holding the coat in first the reduced then the oxidised form for long periods of time. Initially, we would expect, and our results are consistent with, a structure where the trimer is deposited in ir-conjugated stacks of oxidised trimer, 

On reoxidation ingress of anion into this compact layer would be hard. We have already shown that the carboxylic acid groups are delocalised into the trimer redox system [11]. We would therefore expect that field assisted dissociation of the carboxylic acid moieties would occur 

MTR wishes to thank the University of Edinburgh for funding. ARM thanks Professor W. John Albery FRS for his major contribution to the partnership which developed the Transmission line theory used in this work. 

Kinetic Applications of the Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (EQCM) 

Since the early work of Kanazawa [1] and Bruckenstein in 1985 [2], quartz crystal resonators have been used for more than 12 years in contact with liquids to assess changes in mass during electrochemical surface processes. Extensive use of the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) has been done in the study of electrode processes with change of mass simultaneous to charge transfer. 

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